BrightCity Books

By Eric Olsen and Cheryl Olsen, Editors

Fiction. Literary Nonfiction. Edited by Eric Olsen and Cheryl Olsen. In our third annual, 28 writers divulge the special books—nearly 300 of them—occupying the prime real estate next to their beds: how they got there, what makes them stand out, what...

BrightCity Books

By Eric Olsen and Cheryl Olsen, Editors

Literary Nonfiction. Edited by Eric Olsen and Cheryl Olsen. Whether they cover every inch of shelf space and every available flat surface or reside pristinely in an e-reader, books by the bed are the constant—and ever-changing—companions of avid rea...

BrightCity Books

By Wen Yiduo

Poetry. Asian & Asian American Studies. Translated from the Chinese by Robert Hammond Dorsett, MD. Foreword by Christopher Merrill. Calligraphy by Huang Xiang. The temptation, when evaluating a poet gunned down by his government, is to start there, ...